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BOOT 0R SHOE. No. 278,308. Patented May 29,1883;

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SAMUEL c. BELKNAP AND THEODORE H. FYE, on zannsvintnonio.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,309, dated May 29, 1883,

Application tiled March 21,1883. (No model.)

Our invention relates to an improvement in boots or shoes,'tbeobject ot' the same being to secure to a boot or shoe a removable half sole in a water-tight manner. A further ob- 15 ject is to provide said boot or shoe with a removable ice-creeper, which shall be held in position between the sole of the shoe and the re movable half-sole,-and provided with teeth whichproject through the latter; and with these ends in view our invention consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a shoe provided with our improvement. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the fastening device in its open posi t thereto.

tion. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the halfsole. .Fig. 5 is a detached view of the halfsole. Fig. 6 is a view of the dummy.

loop, 0, screwed orotherwisedirmly secured This half-sole is also provided around its upper edge with a flexible welt, D, which serves to prevent the ingress of water when the removable half-soleis attached to the shoe.

To the shank of the shoe is attached the metallic fastening device shown in Fig. 3. This consists of an open frame, preferably made in one piece, and provided at either end with holes d for the insertion of screws, by which it is screwed to the shoe. It may also be provided with similar holes, 6, on either side, (shown in Fig. 3,) to more firmly secure it in place. In this frame E, and at the end near- 50 est the toe of the shoe, is fulcrumed a lever,

The half-sole A is provided at its other end with a metallic a. This lever is provided with a transverse slot, 1), which latter registers witha similar slot, 0, formed in the sides of the frame E.

To the frame E, and at the end nearest the heel of the shoe, is pivotally secured a loop, f, which is adapted to lock the lever a in position.

g, which is secured to the shank oi'the shoe by a screw passing through theend of the frame E.

This springgis adapted to holdthe Within the frameE is placed atlat spring,

lever a down tightly on the loop'f, the said loop being prevented from becoming disengaged from the lever a by a depending projection or stop, it, formed integral with or rigidly secured to the said lever a. t

f F represents the plate of an ice-creeper, which is provided with down weirdly-projecting- 'EBEtlIi, adaptedto projectthrongh the holes or perforations j, .torrned in the removable sole A.

G represents a dummy, (shown in Fig.6,)

similar to the ice-creeper F in all respects, save ing the teeth. is provided with depending lugs of such length that when inserted in the perforations formed in the removable halt-soletheir ends will be This dnmflush with thesurface of the latter. my is designed to'be employed when the creeper is not in use, for the purpose of stopping up the holes orperforationsin the half-sole, and thus prevent the en trance ofany water through them.

When it is desired to attach the removable half-sole to a shoe the ice-creeper or dummy, as the case may be, is first placed on the halfsole, with the teeth or lugs projecting through the perforationsin the said half-sole. The toe of the shoe is then inserted in the tip B and the loop 0 placed in the transverse slot b formed in the lever a. Theleveris then pressed into posi- In place ofteeth, the dummy tion to be locked by the loop, which movement draws the half-sole toward theheel of the shoe alnddepresses the rubber or leather welt and makes the connection watertight. After the lever to is sufficiently depressed, the spring'g being also depressed by contact with the said lever, the depending loop f is passed overthe end of the lever, which latter, on being released, is pushedout by the said spring'g, thus cameos forcing the lever down on the loop, which is prevented from becoming disengaged therefrom by the stop 70.

Our invention is simple in construction, is of few parts, may be applied to any style of boot or shoe, and can be manufactured at a small initial cost. i

In view of the many slight changes that our improvement'might be subjected to without departing from the spiritof ourinvention-as for instance, instead of a tip, B, foxing might be substituted therefor which would extend back to the ends of the half-sole, and instead of making the half-sole of leather wemight use rubber-we would have it understood that we do notlimit ourselves to the exact construction shown and described, but consider ourselves at liberty to make such slight alterations as fairly come within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a shoe and a halfsole provided with a tip, of an ice-creeper rem'ovably held between the half-sole and sole proper, said ice-creeper being provided with rations in the half-sole, substantially asset forth 3. The combination, with a shoe and a halfsole removably secured thereto and provided with perforations, of a removable dummy situated between the sole proper and the halfsolc, the ends of the lugs of which are flush with the outer surface of the half-sole, substantially as set forth.

shoe, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a shoe, of a half- I sole provided with a tip, and a metallic loop rigidly secured to the half-sole and projecting rearwardly from the inner end thereof to engage locking devices secured to the sole of the 5. The combination, with a shoe and ahalfsole provided with a tip and flexible welt, of a loop rigidly secured to the half-sole, a frame secured to the shank of said shoe, a lever pivotally secured in said frame adapted to hold the loop, and means for securing the lever in position, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a shoe, of a halfsole provided with. a tip or foxing and a flexible welt and a loop rigidly secured to said halfsole, of a frame secured to the shank of the shoe and transversely slotted, adapted to receive said loop, a lever pivotally secured in said frame and provided with a slot registering with the slot in said frame, adapted to receive said loop, and means for locking the above parts in position, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with a shoe, of a halfsole provided with atipand a flexible welt, a loop rigidly secured "to said half-sole, a frame secured to the shank of the shoe and provided with a transverse slot adapted to receive said loop, a lever fulcrumed in said frame and provided with a slot registering with the slot in said frame, a loop pivotally secured to the frame adapted to lock the lever in position, and asprin g secured in said frame for keeping the lever down against the loop which is held in position by a stop on the lever, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL G. BELKNAP. THEODORE H. FYE. Witnesses:

A. O. ()ATLEY, GEO. L. PHrLLIPs. 

